On June 23, 1974, John Edward Harris, a 64-year-old African American man, died under suspicious circumstances while recovering in the coronary care unit at Petersburg General Hospital in Virginia. Harris was among several patients who died unexpectedly during night shifts overseen by 21-year-old nurse's aide Lee Roy Hargrave Jr. Hospital staff noted an alarming pattern: twelve patients died within a two-week period, all during Hargrave's shifts. An internal investigation revealed that Hargrave h
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